Table 1.

Ingredient and nutrient composition of the basal sow diet, as fed-basis

Ingredients, %	Gestation
Wheat	35.00
Barley	23.50
Wheat bran	20.00
Sunflower cake	10.00
Maize	7.70
Lard	0.50
Lysine 50	0.44
l-Threonine	0.12
Choline chloride 50	0.04
Salt	0.40
Calcium carbonate	1.45
Di calcium phosphate	0.45
Vit–min premix1	0.40
Calculated composition
NE2, kcal/kg	2,260
CP3, %	13.01
Ether extract, %	3.17
Crude fiber, %	5.87
Ca, %	0.81
Total P, %	0.56
Dig P, %	0.35
Analyzed nutrient composition, %
CP	13.03
Ether extract	3.57
NDF4	13.27
Ash	6.20
Ca	0.89
P	0.61

¹The following amounts were provided per kg diet: 10,000 IU vitamin A (acetate); 2,000 IU 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 (HyD, DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, Switzerland); 70 mg dl-alfatocoferol; 1 mg vitamin B1; 2.7 mg vitamin B2; 1.8 mg vitamin B6; 0.03 mg vitamin B12; 11 mg d-pantothenic acid; 15 mg niacin; 1 mg folic acid; 150 mg iron (FeSO₄); 0.5 mg iodine (Ca(IO₃)₂); 0.4 mg selenium (Na₂SeO₃); 25 mg butylhydroxytoluene.

²NE = net energy.

³CP = crude protein.

⁴NDF = neutral detergent fiber.